The following terms are used in this guide:
- ASI (Application-Specific Information) Metadata tailored to a
particular application or technology. ASI exists at both the attribute
and business object level of a business object. See also Verb
ASI.
- BO (Business Object) A set of attributes that represent a
business entity (such as Employee) and an action on the data (such as a create
or update operation). Components of the WebSphere business integration
system use business objects to exchange information and trigger
actions.
- BO (Business Object) handler A connector component that
contains methods that interact with an application and that transforms request
business objects into application operations.
- Foreign key A business object attribute that defines the
mapping of dependent attributes.
- ODA (Object Discovery Agent) A tool that automatically
generates a business object definition by examining specified entities within
the application and "discovering" the elements of these entities that
correspond to business object attributes. When you install the adapter,
the ODA is automatically installed. Business Object Designer provides a
graphical user interface to access the ODA and to work with it
interactively.
- Verb ASI (application-specific information) For a given verb,
the verb ASI specifies how the connector should process the business object
when that verb is active. The verb ASI contains the name of the method
to call to process the current request business object.
